Fafangu: To Awaken

Fafangu: To Awaken is a new body of work by queer Tongan-Australian artist Adriana Māhanga Lear. The exhibition revitalises and re-imagines Tongan concepts and practices of ongo (sound), relating to mate (death), putu (funeral rites), and fonua (people and place). Using photography, video, sculpture, installation, sound and music, Lear interrogates the colonial archive to examine the legacies of Eurocentrism and heteropatriarchy on Tongan art forms. Commissioned by Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Presented by Wollongong Art Gallery.